St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04

AS much may be said of an afternoon at
Waukesha. We live through 1t, but
heaven only knows how. There is nap
ping; there is novel-reading; there is
chatting; there is hollow laugh heard
now and then; there is water (that goes
without saying); there is the inevitable
brass band on the veranda-that great
the passing public into the belief that
the mortalS who sit around it are the
most fortunate, the jolliest, the hap
piest in the world. At last, If you sur
vive to eat it, there is supper, and the
blessing you silently invoke upon it is
perhaps the most sincere your heart
will ever utter. Probably in the even
ing, by special request and the circula-
ton of subscription paper, the noted
SignOr - is induced to repeat his
novel and delightful musical perform
ance." We bear up under this atfiic-
ton very well, considering the nature
of it.
THE sIGNOR MOUNTS A HIGH CHAIR,
straps himself to an ACCORDION, fixes his
feet on some other kind of musical in
fernal machine, and goes to work.
And he does work for all he gets. l
once heard a great Milwaukee politician
who wasn't much on music" as he
afterwards owned-cOmpliment young
woman'S piano playing with splendid
exercise for the arms, Miss -, splendid
exercise for the arms" In point of
furnishing good physical exercise,
SignOr IS arrangement is perfection.
The applause the conclusion of each
number receives is immensely flatter-
ing, until in the middle of one number,
when the signor haltS to turn on an
other combination, it burst forth in a
hot tcrl,@
former to imagine that the conclusion
and appreciated. Sunday night the
signOr, with solemn mein, announces a
sacred concert, and then, without a
word of explanation or apology, pre-
SumeS upon the ignorance of his hearers
by following up Nearer, My God, to
Thee" with pretty as Picture" 1t
seems to answer every purpose, though,
for an old lady unbends from the stern
decOrum that the Solid South at Wau-
kesna prescribes and whispers that
''thOSe dear old tunes always do per-
sons soul heap of good" She speaks
in a moment of religious excitement,
and fOrgetS that it is something like
treason to admit that anything can ac-
cOmpliSh good but Waukesha water.
The natives do not for moment sup
ROSN
sire for anything else. Call up bell
boy twenty-five times In twenty-five con-
secutive minutes, and every time he
comes with pitcher of that everlasting
spring water in his hand. When you
express want for something more he
deposits the pitcher and looks surprised.
When you finally tell him that unless
he removes few of the pitchers you
will be obliged to camp out in the hall
during the night, he looks positively
hurt to think you can possibly get too
much of that precious water in and
around you. a word of warning needs
to be spoken to WakauSha. Its course
of action is calculated to counterfeit all
the efforts of all the temperance work
ers of Wisconsin. The quantity of water
it insists OH mans taking during the
summer months is enough to send pro-
hibitioniSt on rebound head first into
strong drink for the remainder OF the
year.
left Sophrony headed for Dakota.
She said she wanted to get some place
where water is not to be procured and
settle down for week or two to digest
the supply she had on hand.
FLORA MCDONALD.